महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-7, chapter-67, verse-65

सा ज्वलन्ती महोल्केव तमासाद्य महारथम् ।
सविस्फुलिङ्गा निर्भिद्य निपपात महीतले ॥६५॥

65. sā jvalantī maholkeva tamāsādya mahāratham ,
savisphuliṅgā nirbhidya nipapāta mahītale.

65. sā jvalantī mahāulkā iva tam āsādya mahāratham
savisphuliṅgā nirbhidya nipapāta mahītale

65. sā mahāulkā iva jvalantī tam mahāratham āsādya
savisphuliṅgā nirbhidya mahītale nipapāta

65. That (spear), blazing like a great meteor, reached that great charioteer (Arjuna) and, tearing him apart with sparks, fell to the ground.

Words meanings summery:

• सा (sā) - Refers to the spear (śakti) from the previous verse. (that (feminine))

• ज्वलन्ती (jvalantī) - (modifying the spear) (blazing, shining)

• महाउल्का (mahāulkā) - great meteor

• इव (iva) - like, as, as if

• तम् (tam) - Refers to Arjuna (the mahāratha). (him)

• आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached

• महारथम् (mahāratham) - Refers to Arjuna. (great charioteer)

• सविस्फुलिङ्गा (savisphuliṅgā) - (modifying the spear) (with sparks, having sparks)

• निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having torn apart, having pierced

• निपपात (nipapāta) - it fell down

• महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground

Words meanings and morphology

सा (sā) - Refers to the spear (śakti) from the previous verse. (that (feminine))

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

Note: Refers to the śakti.

ज्वलन्ती (jvalantī) - (modifying the spear) (blazing, shining)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of jvalat

jvalat - blazing, shining, burning

Present Active Participle

Present Active Participle from root jval

Root: jval (class 1)

Note: Present Active Participle.

महाउल्का (mahāulkā) - great meteor

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahāulkā

mahāulkā - great meteor, large firebrand

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ulkā)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (feminine)
• ulkā – meteor, firebrand, torch
  noun (feminine)

Note: Part of a simile.

इव (iva) - like, as, as if

(indeclinable)

Note: Indicates comparison.

तम् (tam) - Refers to Arjuna (the mahāratha). (him)

(pronoun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

Note: Refers to the "great charioteer".

आसाद्य (āsādya) - having reached, having approached

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root sad with prefix ā

Prefix: ā

Root: sad (class 1)

Note: Absolutive.

महारथम् (mahāratham) - Refers to Arjuna. (great charioteer)

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of mahāratha

mahāratha - great warrior, great charioteer

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+ratha)

• mahā – great, large
  adjective (masculine)
• ratha – chariot; charioteer, warrior
  noun (masculine)

सविस्फुलिङ्गा (savisphuliṅgā) - (modifying the spear) (with sparks, having sparks)

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of savisphuliṅga

savisphuliṅga - with sparks, emitting sparks

Feminine form savisphuliṅgā, agreeing with sā

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+visphuliṅga)

• sa – with, together with
  indeclinable
• visphuliṅga – spark
  noun (masculine)

निर्भिद्य (nirbhidya) - having torn apart, having pierced

(indeclinable)

absolutive

Absolutive (gerund) form from root bhid with prefix nir

Prefix: nir

Root: bhid (class 7)

Note: Absolutive.

निपपात (nipapāta) - it fell down

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, past perfect (lit) of pat

Perfect tense, 3rd person singular

Prefix: ni

Root: pat (class 1)

Note: Root pat (1st class) with prefix ni.

महीतले (mahītale) - on the ground

(noun)

Locative, neuter, singular of mahītala

mahītala - surface of the earth, ground

Compound type : genitive tatpurusha (mahī+tala)

• mahī – earth, ground
  noun (feminine)
• tala – surface, plane, ground
  noun (neuter)